Background “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us”, commonly referred to as Raid Area 51 or Storm Area 51, was an American Facebook event that took place on September 20, 2019, at Area 51, a United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range, to raid the site in a search for extraterrestrial life. More than 2 million people responded “going” and 1.5 million “interested” on the event’s page, which subsequently attracted widespread media reaction and made the event become an Internet meme. USAF was fielding e-mails and phone calls from journalists (and others)…
Author: John Greenewald
By John Greenewald, Jr. – The Black Vault – Originally Published: October 18, 2019 To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science (TTSA), a public benefit corporation led by rock star Tom DeLonge, announced a collaborative agreement with the U.S. Army this week. The original press release sent out by TTSA was vague, and offered few details. However, the Army spoke with The Black Vault to discuss the agreement, and offer a copy of the entire document, nearly in full (understandably, a few phone numbers were removed for privacy reasons). The news broke on October 17, 2019, wherein TTSA stated…
By John Greenewald, Jr. – The Black Vault – Originally Published October 18, 2019 Just last month, the U.S. Navy went on the record stating that three videos that have circulated the mainstream media in the last two years were, in fact, considered “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena” or UAPs. Now, recently obtained e-mails from the Navy and the Air Force reveal that ranking members of both branches express different views on what they refer to as a “phenomena,” along with showing disagreement with how the overall story is being reported by the mainstream media. The series of documents were provided to…
Background The following emails were internal communications between NSA employees on how to deal with certain types of FOIA requesters. I filed an MDR in 2019 as the records were previously released under FOIA, however, no new information came to light. The records are archived below. Document Archive NSA Emails: Media Leaks Strategic Guidance Needed on Engaging FOIA Requesters, 2013 [9 Pages, 3.5MB]
Background The following document was released in 2001, and found in the CIA CREST database. In February of 2019, I requested a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) of this record, and it was released to The Black Vault on September 9, 2019. Document Archive I/TH’s Assigned Commitment to Spend Time at NSA, December 23, 1955 [10 Pages, 3MB] – MDR release in September of 2019. New information highlighted that was previously redacted. I/TH’s Assigned Commitment to Spend Time at NSA, December 23, 1955 [10 Pages, 3MB] – Original CIA CREST database release.